The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-17

60 the Land of Gold-The Doctors
70 enc Rescue
..,,-,v gold seekers in California con-
l.,.at upon tho country-uncon-
fc'. . i> t~uc-which have never seen
s.' hrt fo~ which the younger gen
.... hardly be grateful enough
c- I'D, cr was one of the old forty miners:
,,s.sinr Of the annual dinner
o. ,....iatcd Pioneers OF California,
O. d.. had attended when ] was a
..,n." he continued, ''no one in any
!'. ,bo United States with which | was
PSI. ...oa was permitted 20 wear beard.
:, ,,ss an unwritten law against il, which
i". r. strictly obeyed than the statutes
murder or robbery. A man with a
s.,,.n- beard such as may be seen any
.-..-, ,u % walk Of FIVE minutes would havo
W. Shaved and booted NJ by a crowd OF
- o eay New England town; while
te was an open confession that tho
D' VA, a rowdy and a social outlaw.
-..rsr would not have been admitted 10
NV -.b.D In any church, nor-unleSs he
military oficer-received into any re-
va circle Side whiskers could be worn,
-, ,yb.skers; but the lines were drawn
80 the complete thing or the shaded up
- ip bv public opinion so strong that it
seemed immutable
~ TIE LAND OF PROMISE.
.rt. cold excitement broke out, and in
In. every town and village there were
-. y,bo caught the fever and started for
.SoI,r3 Of promise. We had hard time of
:, ,ts fortunate fellows just as hard a time
for
tbst success brings. There was no leisure, /
.rl little iuducement for self adorment in
tbo sissnce of women. We got careless about
ct..r,ing the rules Of our old civilized life, /
III One of the first evidences of this was that /
ono after another we stopped shaving. 1t /
+o,.to, much time, and our razOrs got dull |
mr. our bits of looking glass lost or broken;
and soon every mining camp on the coast was /
filed with fun bearded men.
-r4rIv I'M the ffties, the men who had left |
wives and children or sweetheartS at home, .
and who had raked together few thousand /
dollars. BEGAN % return: some to bring their .
famiI., back and others 70 pay off the mort
ea-., ON their farms and remain. We had .
ia.g free from the trammeis of the old civil .
{,,t,, l.rr enough 10 DE Indifferent to some
~ t-.srIf trarv rules and then we were con
c.tI .ruu.h 90 think that our adventures .
l.Ir..u us The right 20 be recognized as
l-.. and didn't mind wearing a sort of .
d.a...-luz badge SO "a large number OF
r.r....-.,I CD our old homes with much the
.reauueuaacc That wo bal in the mines
-Ec were deciiedIya picturesque lot,
srf... ami wherever we went were imme-
tfrr.o-uzol as returned gold diggers,
% III. 4
n..la.r,that our suuuosititious wealth, alasl
O.r -ppo-i,it9u, iu many cases-comnand-
o. m IY very long time there were few
town. m which there were not several re
t.u.I CaI.fouiaus: and. as tho novelty OF
h boards began % Wear off, the real i'm
movement which boards mado in some men
w,eu Huge jawed, long Tipped men came
bark absolutely handsome.
DOCTORS 20 THE RESCUE.
"TL.u the doctors entered the iied-yOung
men with weak lungs and bronchial troubles
seemed 10 le cured At first the climate of
California and the exposure of camp life OBJ
uincI Cheer. DO. but after q winter at home
iwa, believed that the protection given by
the beard should share the credit, and soon
many Of the physicians especially in New
England advised their patients to cease
shaving IL- innovation now made its way
rapidly By tie advice of the doctor was
as satisfactory am answer % all comments as
10 is n tle same part Of the country when
one is caught taking his bitters before
dinner
ut wa, some years, however, before the
prejudice OF Generations became so weakened
that preachers could wear boards without
p
b-r of their congregations, if not secession
FROM their folds 90 thoseO Of shavcn shepherds.
HlatI.'..I4l that the late Professor Stowe
a-un.eI ~arcv3 device To ria himself of the
la..l razor He was delivering am a dress,
So tle Story goes ou slavery, and as he be-
came imprisoned with the subject ne ex-
CLAIMED. '.as curse must and viii be wiped
out. u-Gago VI freedom for all men in our
land is .la.ar and razor shall not touch my
t.e u.a lawns He was probably one
Of ue ...t Congregational ministers 70 wear
har.. D.. un
"NLuit became allowable for any who
chose % wear full beard, entire emancipa-
un followed easily enough, and men began
70 nm 'l.r boards TO suit themselves, until
before long they could wear mustaches alone 5
without causing remark. We old forty 9
miners created this revolution-we who came
home, a.j ia the advantages to health to
say n..al5 Of The Improvement of the moral
Tone Cd. .oamuuity which is caused by the
o'en'" vi every senseless superstition, l
uh. ...al .l ta.s we did more good than did c
I- l $500 brought home. New York
Tribune
e Proposed stage Novelty.
There ..e thing am in favor Of" said
BALI L...i man i'm the Chicago Opera
nous te o,4-r evening, "and that Is the
a0'-saae-. ol Tho drop curtain What do $
you .1.as oL AN innovation that would permit .
lle a-4eae. to witness the skill of the scene
Shutters a-l stage settersl \ person takes
m0o O. I. interest IL, ~ atcl,ino, fbe conefrilc-